Skills reform

DfE advertises for Skills England permanent chair and board

Up to £25k on offer to successful candidate for 20 days’ work a year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Slash tuition fees to £6k to fix tertiary system ‘bias’, says think tank

Final EDSK report sets out roadmap to a more coherent post-18 education system

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
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#GE2024: Listen now as Let’s Go Further outlines the FE and skills priorities facing our new government

The Skills and Education Group podcast, Let’s Go Further, aims to challenge the way we all think about skills...

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How can we prepare learners for their future in an ever-changing world?

By focusing their curriculums on transferable skills, digital skills, and sustainability, colleges and schools can be confident that learners...

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Election 2024

Lib Dems manifesto 2024: The FE pledges

Party plans to review FE funding including college VAT exemption, a widened apprenticeship levy and ‘lifelong skills grants’ of...

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Josh Mellor
Election 2024

Both parties pledge targeted training to cut immigration

Labour is claiming it will hold companies to account on training through 'proper' workforce plans

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Josh Mellor
Election 2024

Sunak’s national service plan puts £2.6bn employment training fund at risk

The Conservatives have pledged to scrap the fund from 2028 and Labour hasn't committed to funding it beyond 2025

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
AEB, Devolution

London’s mayor pairs skills with business in new appointment

Howard Dawber will take over from Jules Pipe, who has overseen skills for eight years

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Josh Mellor
skills

Lack of skilled workers risks major infrastructure projects going over budget, PAC warns

Major projects in FE include the T Level roll out, Skills Bootcamps and the capital transformation programme

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor